NZQA registered unit standard
3706 version 6
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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of mātauranga Māori research methods,
ethics, and methodologies
Level
5
Credits
10
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify
methods for selecting mātauranga Māori research topics and
factors pertaining to cultural attitudes towards their potential
research; discuss ethics in mātauranga Māori research; and
describe and critique methodologies for conducting
mātauranga Māori research.
Classification
Te Mātauranga Māori me te Whakangungu > Te Mātauranga
Māori Whānui
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Range
respect, iwi, ownership, validity, protection, kaupapa Māori theory.
2
Students are not expected to undertake research to fulfil the requirements of this unit
standard, but are expected to draw the required information from a completed
research project(s).
3
Intellectual property rights in the context of this unit standard involves the notion that
Māori attitudes towards learning are holistic and embodied in te reo me ngā tikanga
Māori. It refers to the ownership by individuals of their knowledge, creativity and
innovation in the same way that they can own physical property.
4
Definitions
Mātauranga Māori in the context of this unit standard refers to all knowledge
pertaining to Te Ao Māori.
Research is the systematic collection of information from primary and/or secondary
sources to produce knowledge, understanding and information. The processes are
collection, collation, and presentation of material. It may include any combination of
the following:
primary research – gathering information from a direct source through interview,
participation, and observation;
secondary research – collation of information from existing published and
unpublished sources which can include written, oral, or visual resources.
Once gathered and/or collated the data must go through other processes such as
analysis, evaluation or comparison in order to produce knowledge, understanding
and information.
NZQA Maori Qualifications Services
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NZQA registered unit standard
3706 version 6
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Research methods refer to the tools or processes used to gather data, interact with
people or analyse data and may include but are not limited to kanohi ki te kanohi,
qualitative, quantitative, processes, procedures, tools, interviews, questionnaires.
Research ethics refer to respect and safety issues in research and may include but
are not limited to tikanga, kawa, consultation with iwi, institutional ethics, intellectual
property rights, the application of cultural sensitivity when using Māori material.
Research methodologies refer to why research is conducted in particular ways, the
theory behind the methods and may include but are not limited to mātauranga Māori,
tikanga Māori, subject complexity, practical benefit.
Tikanga is derived from the word ‘tika’, which means correct or right, and means to
do something in the correct way. Tikanga can vary from iwi to iwi and from hapū to
hapū. The tikanga appropriate for the gathering of information should be determined
by the tikanga of the person or group under research.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify methods for selecting mātauranga Māori research topics and factors pertaining to
cultural attitudes towards their potential research.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Methods for selecting mātauranga Māori research topics that are consistent
with tikanga Māori are identified.
1.2
Factors pertaining to cultural attitudes towards the potential research of a
selected topic are identified.
Range
cultural attitudes include those of – iwi, hapū, whānau.
Outcome 2
Discuss ethics in mātauranga Māori research.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Ethics are discussed in relation to tikanga Māori.
2.2
Ethics are discussed in relation to the protection of mātauranga Māori.
2.3
Processes for negotiating access to human and archival resources are defined
in accordance with tikanga Māori.
Outcome 3
Describe and critique methodologies for conducting mātauranga Māori research.
Range
evidence of two methodologies is required.
NZQA Maori Qualifications Services
SSB Code 194
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
3706 version 6
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Evidence requirements
3.1
Methodologies are described in relation to research topics using Māori people
and/or material about Māori.
3.2
Methodologies are critiqued to show consistencies and/or inconsistencies with
mātauranga Māori and tikanga Māori.
Planned review date
31 December 2017
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
15 April 1996
31 December 2016
Revision
2
26 August 1997
31 December 2016
Review
3
30 July 2001
31 December 2016
Review
4
22 May 2009
31 December 2016
Rollover
5
14 December 2012
31 December 2016
Rollover and
Revision
6
15 October 2015
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0091
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Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the CMR. The CMR also includes useful information about
special requirements for organisations wishing to develop education and training
programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special
resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact NZQA Māori Qualifications Services mqs@nzqa.govt.nz if you wish to
suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
NZQA Maori Qualifications Services
SSB Code 194
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016